# Slack alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 242 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Slack holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/slack/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Higher Logic Vanilla: 50
- Circle: 43
- Bettermode: 29
- Discourse: 27
- Gainsight Customer Communities: 14
- Khoros Communities: 13

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Slack (Slack is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- Circle: first choice in 32 of those 76
- Discourse: first choice in 14 of those 76
- Bettermode: first choice in 13 of those 76
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 4 of those 76
- Skool: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Discord: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 1 of those 76
- WordPress with community plugins: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Slack (Slack is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Circle: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Discourse: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Discord: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Discourse self-hosted: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Slack.

- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 35 of those 84
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 13 of those 84
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Salesforce Experience Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Discourse: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Higher Logic: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Bettermode: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Circle: first choice in 1 of those 84

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